▪ I. backening, vbl. n.
(ˈbæk(ə)nɪŋ)
[f. backen + -ing1.]
The action of moving or drawing back.
| 1748 Thompson Cast. Indol. ii. xlii, With back'ning shunn'd his touch, for well he knew its power. |
▪ II. ˈbackening, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Keeping back, retarding (vegetables, crops, etc.).
| 1781 Barker in Phil. Trans. LXXI. 353 The first three weeks of April were cold, backening, and often frosty. 1794 ― LXXXIV. 175 A very backening season. |